Personal Injury

Serious personal injury and medical malpractice. Most clients usually request and read our full information package before setting a first appointment. Most clients view our videos at the website before making a first appointment.

VA, Oct 1983
Bar Number: 23152

• State and Federal Courts in Virginia

• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
• American Association for Justice

I am a popular author and speaker at continuing legal education events. I also attend in excess of 12 hours of continuing legal education courses per year.
I teach and attend continuing legal education courses in the area of personal injury and medical malpractice law and trial litigation.

Over the years I have published numerous papers and articles on the law and have published several consumer books of law including:
• Five Deadly Sins That Can Wreck Your Car Accident Case
• Why Most Malpractice Victims Never Recover Time
• Robbery Without a Gun, Why Your Employer's Long-Term Disability Policy May Be a Sham


There are literally hundreds of articles available at my website and throughout the internet on virtually every personal-injury topic imaginable.

Each case is different and no representation is made that past results are a guarantee of future success. Mine include a verdict of over $3 million against a urologist for a man who lost his penis.

In another case of a late diagnosis of colon cancer, a verdict of $1 million was recovered.

In another case against a truck driver, a verdict of $850,000 was recovered.

More information about past verdicts and settlements are available here.

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Virginia

I have been practicing law since 1983. This firm was established in 1995. We focus on representing seriously injured people in the Northern Virginia area. We also represent claimants in disability insurance policies both individual and group.

If you have been injured in an accident, before you speak to the adjuster, hire an attorney or sign any forms first, get our free books, CDs and information packages about your claim. You may not need to hire an attorney at all. An educated claimant has the best opportunity to maximize recovery in their case. Before choosing an attorney most clients request and read our book, "The Truth about Lawyer Advertising."

I was an associate, and then a partner, in a small medical malpractice and personal injury law firm in Arlington Virginia from 1983 to 1995. That firm was Shevlin and Glass

• Best lawyers in America • Super lawyers in Virginia • Highest rated by Martindale Hubble

Terry Patterson

(703) 783-0686

Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. We have live chat operators at our website available 24/7

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Since we're personal injury attorneys most of our cases are handled on a contingency basis. We represent children who've been injured in car accidents in Northern Virginia and some cases can be settled without filing a lawsuit for free. This applies to children 12 years and younger at the time of the accident. In a typical personal injury case, if we can get your case settled before filing the lawsuit, the fee is 25% of the recovery. The fee once a lawsuit is filed is typically one third of the recovery.

In disability cases Mr. Glass's hourly rates are $750 an hour however, most of the work is quoted on a flat fee basis depending on the nature of the case.

We do offer a free consultation. However, we require that before someone schedules a free consultation that they request and review our free information packages consisting of books DVDs and CDs. The length of the free initial consultation depends on the circumstances and this will be discussed on an initial phone call.

We typically do not require funds up front for personal injury cases. In other cases, each is individualized and this will be discussed in an initial phone call.